BIOCHEMISTRY MAJOR

TYPICAL FIRST YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall
CHEM 204 [1] General Chemistry (5)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (11)

Winter
CHEM 205 [1] General Chemistry (5)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (11)

Spring
CHEM 206 Qualitative Analysis (5)
Writing Proficiency Examination (WPE)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (11)

TYPICAL SECOND YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall
CHEM 334 Organic Chemistry I (3)
MATH 251 [2] Calculus (4)
BIOL 211 General Biology (5)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (3)

Winter
CHEM 335 Organic Chemistry II (3)
CHEM 338 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory (1)
MATH 252 [2] Calculus (4)
BIOL 212 General Biology (5)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (3)

Spring
CHEM 336 Organic Chemistry III (3)
CHEM 339 Organic Chemistry III Laboratory (1)
MATH 253 [2] Calculus (4)
BIOL 213 General Biology (5)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (3)

TYPICAL THIRD YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall
CHEM 320 Analytical Chemistry (3)
CHEM 321 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (2)
CHEM 440 Thermodynamics (4)
PHYS 201/221 General Physics I (4/5)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (3/0)

Winter
PHYS 202/222 General Physics II (4/5)
BIOL 341 Genetics I (4)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (6)

Spring
PHYS 203/223 General Physics III (4/5)
BIOL 342 Genetics II (4)
BIOL 323 General Microbiology (5)
CHEM 401 Research (1)

TYPICAL FOURTH YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall
CHEM 407 Seminar (1)
CHEM 450 Structural Biochemistry (4)
BIOL 431 Cell Structure (5)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (5)

Winter
CHEM 451 Metabolic Biochemistry (4)
CHEM 454 Biochemistry Laboratory (2)
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (9)

Spring
General Education or Elective Courses [3] (9)

Note:
[1] Students not meeting admission requirements in CHEM 204, 205 should enroll in CHEM 101, 102.
[2] Students may need to enroll in lower level math sequence as determined by an Eastern evaluation.
[3] Selected to meet general education requirements.

Strongly Recommended, but not required:
CHEM 285 Chemical Safety (2)
CHEM 411 Inorganic Chemistry (4) CHEM 421/422 Instrumental Analysis/Lab (5)
CHEM 442 Chemical Dynamics (5)
MATH 321 Differential Equations (5)
CS 161 Foundations of Computer Science I (4)